Introduction to Ethics:
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Philosophy 14
Ira Singer, Hofstra University

Here are a few good books, both about philosophical ethics in general, and about the philosophers we are focussing on in this course. This list does not pretend to be complete; it is instead aimed at helping you to find books that will enrich your understanding of the readings and the issues.

Please note that this list is still under construction; full bibliographical details will follow.

Be sure to look also at the list of resources available on the Web.

Philosophical ethics in general	Darwall, Stephen, Philosophical Ethics. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1998. Norman, Richard, The Moral Philosophers, Second Edition.
Plato	Annas, Julia, Plato's Republic. Kraut, Richard, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Plato.
Aristotle	Rorty, Amelie, Essays on Aristotle's Ethics. Broadie, Sarah, Ethics with Aristotle. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Barnes, Jonathan, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle.
Hobbes	The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes.
Hume	The Cambridge Companion to Hume.
Kant	The Cambridge Companion to Kant.
John Stuart Mill	The Cambridge Companion to Mill.
Other Books	Hallie, Philip, Tales of Good and Evil, Help and Harm. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997.

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